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After spending a season perpetually on the road while its home stadium underwent renovations, the erstwhile Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees — now called (for reasons that elude me, actually) the “RailRiders” — once again will play ball in NEPA.

The local minor-league Yankees’ management lost its bid for secrecy in the PA Supreme Court. The court ruled unanimously that bids for the concessions contract and the details for stadium naming rights (all affecting the then-county-owned team and still-county-owned stadium) were and are indeed public records.

As they have been for the past six years, fans of the local Triple-A Minor League Baseball team are left in the dark regarding the management and very future of their team — a team which they as taxpayers also happen to own.

I’m certain I’m not alone in wondering about the ad-hoc renovation plans for Lackawanna County Stadium (OK, “PNC Field”). The S/WB Yankees played their final game there this week, and no one seems to know exactly when the existing grandstand will be demolished, making way for the concourse plan. On top of all that, no one seems to know exactly where the Yankees will play their home games next season.